Uninzi lwabafazi kwiAmaLadiesThenga iingxowa zokulinganisa ngelixa ukwazi ukuthenga iingxowa zokwenyani: yinto yokuzingca nokusebenza.Ukuba bebechitha imali yabo kwiingxowa zokuqala, bebengayi kuba nayo loo mali.
Ngabafazi baseMelika ikakhulu kwaye isiqingatha sabo sityelela le forum yonke imihla.Uninzi lwabo ngabamhlophe (50%), kulandele ama-Asia (36%).Ngokwesiqhelo baneminyaka engaphezu kwama-35 ubudala kwaye bafumana ingeniso yonyaka ephakathi kwe-$100,000 kunye ne-$200,000.Uninzi lwabo luneengxowa zokwenyani, kodwa bayayithanda kakhulu imifanekiso eyenziwe ngoosinga kwaye abanazintloni zokuba nazo.Ngokwahlukileyo koko, baziva benebhongo lokwazi ukuba bathenge ngexabiso eliphantsi into engaqhelekanga kwaphela kweyokuqala ebiza amawaka aliqela eedola.Iimpawu azithandayo yiChanel, Louis Vuitton kunye neHermès.
Le yidatha eveliswe luphando lwangaphakathi olwenziwe ngumlawuli we-I-RedditIforam engaphantsi yeRepLadies, indawo yedijithali enabasebenzisi abangaphezu kwama-200,000 eyadalwa ngo-2016, nto leyo namhlanje, eyona forum inkulu yabathandi bezinto zomgunyathi ezinokufumaneka kwi-Intanethi.Kwiforam, abafazi bathelekisa izinto ezilungileyo ezithengiswayo neemveliso zokwenyani, bahlaziya izinto abazithengileyo kutshanje, bathumela amakhonkco kwiimveliso ezinomdla abazifumeneyo ngelixa bekhangela kwi-intanethi, banikane iingcebiso zokuthenga ukuze bangawi kwiinkohliso, okanye bancedane ekubeni bakwazi ukunxibelelana nabathengisi baseTshayina abangathethi isiNgesi.
UphononongoziUhlobo olukhethekileyo lwale foram, kuba bafumene ulwimi lwabo kwaye babhalwe ngokwemigangatho yokupapasha eneenkcukacha: baquka ulwazi malunga nomthengisi (igama, inombolo yefowuni okanye indlela yoqhagamshelwano kunye nendawo apho afumaneka khona), indlela yokuhlawula ekhoyo kunye nexesha le-odolo (ukususela xa omnye wabathengi eqhagamshelana nomthengisi de afumane into ayithengileyo).Uphononongo lukwabandakanya iifoto zebhegi yokulinganisa kunye neyokuqala.Kwaye, ekugqibeleni, uhlalutyo olufutshane ngomgangatho wengxowa, ukuchaneka komfanekiso kunye nokwaneliseka kokuthengwa kwayo.AmaLadiesithandwa kakhulu kangangokuba abanye abathengisi babanika isaphulelo: «Ndizichazile, ndikhankanyileAmaLadieskwaye ndifumene isaphulelo se-10%”, utshilo umsebenzisi kuphononongo malunga neChanel yobuxoki.AmaLadiesKananjalo banesikhokelo sabo sesichazi-magama nesifinyezo, apho i-AE imele i-AliExpress, i-ISO imele i-In Search Of okanye i-MIF imele i-Made In France, kwaye ewe i-Rep imele i-Replica.
Nangona kunjalo, abafazi beekopi abasebenzisa le forum ngendlela ebonakalayo kuphela, kodwa babelana ngamabali kunye nokuvuma izono.“Yintoni obungayithenga rhoqo (kwaye ungaze uyithenge) eyokwenyani?” ubuze omnye umsebenzisikumsonto: “Ndikhetha iingxowa zeCeline zokwenyani kuba ndicinga ukuba umgangatho wesikhumba uphezulu kakhulu xa uthelekiswa nezo zenziwe ngoomfanekiso kwaye ndithanda ukuzinika into emnandi ngamanye amaxesha,” utshilo umsebenzisi.Ibhegi kaCeline ebiza kancinci ixabisa malunga ne-€2,000 ngelixa eyona ibiza kakhulu, ibhegi yesikhumba sengwenya enekhonkco legolide, ixabisa i-€18,000.«Kodwa cNdicinga ukuba ndiza kuthenga ezinye izihlangu zomgunyathi kwixesha elizayo, kuba ndichukumiseke kakhulu zezo ndizithengileyo kutshanje”, uqhubeka njalo umsebenzisi ofanayo, “Ndidla ngokuguga izihlangu ngokukhawuleza, akufanelekanga ukuchitha imali kwezo zokwenyani”.Omnye umsebenzisi uphendula athi ebengenakuze athenge izinto ezifana “nezimonyo, izinto zokuthambisa okanye iimveliso ze-elektroniki.”Abasebenzisi abaninzi bayavumelana ngesihloko sezihlangu: “Andinakuzigcina izihlangu zam zikwimeko entle, andizukuchitha i-$700 kwizihlangu.”
Mhlawumbi eyona nxalenye ifihlakeleyo yale nxalenye ifumaneka kwi-RL Confessional, indawo apho abafazi beekopi babalisa khona uhambo lwabo lobomi kunye namava abakhokelele kwiforam.Okubangel’ umdla kukuba, utyhilelo olunzulu lukwaxhomekeke kwimithetho yokubhala eneenkcukacha zeforam, ngoko ke uninzi lwabantu lufumaneka kwisithuba ngasinye sokuvuma izono.Umsebenzi wezobuchwepheshe waseNew York oneminyaka engama-25 ubudala ofumana umvuzo wonyaka we-$135,000uvumaukuba kuye, iingxowa zesandla zifana nempumelelo yakhe: “Ndiyaqonda ukuba iingxowa zesandla ziluphawu lwesikhundla nobutyebi, kwaye akukho nanye kwezi zinto eyinjongo efanelekileyo ekufuneka ilandelwe..Kodwa ndingathanda ukucinga ukuba iibhegi zam zingaphezulu koko: zimele uhambo olunzulu oluphawula iziganeko ebomini bam.Lo msebenzisi, owathenga ibhegi yokwenyani kaYves Saint Laurent ukuze abhiyozele ukunyuswa komvuzo kutshanje, ngoku uneqoqo elidibanisa iibhegi zokwenyani nezobuxoki kwaye uyaqonda ukuba ukusukela oko ebenxiba ezo bhegi zinophawu, abantu abamngqongileyo bamphatha ngcono kakhulu.“Ndithenga iingxowa zomgunyathi ngaphambi kwesidlo sangokuhlwa kuba ziyandigcwalisa,”uvumaumfazi oneminyaka engama-44 ubudala wase-Illinois ofumana i-$70,000 ngonyaka, kwikhaya apho bafumana khona umvuzo opheleleyo we-$250,000.Lo mfazi uqokelela iingxowa zomgunyathi ezingaphezu kwekhulu, ukwanazo nezinye izinto zokwenyani.Uyavuma ukuba uchithe imali engaphezulu kwe-$15,000 kwiingxowa zomgunyathi.“Ndiqokelela iingxowa nabayeni”,uthiumfazi ongasebenziyo oneminyaka engama-30 ubudala onomyeni ofumana imali emalunga ne-$300,000 ngonyaka.Uchitha malunga ne-$6,000 ngonyaka kwizinto zobuxoki kwaye unezingaphezulu kwama-20 ekhaya.Akunyanzelekanga ukuba abe neengxowa zokwenyani, uthanda ukuchitha imali kwizinto zakhe zobuxoki azithengileyo ngenxa yoqhawulo-mtshato oluphumeleleyo.Ibhinqa elikwiminyaka engama-30 ubudala elivela eNew York, injineli, elifumana i-$200,000 ngonyakaiboniswa“njengomntu onxibe kakuhle nodandathekileyo.”Uthi, ekubeni wayesemncinci, akazange anikele ngqalelo ingako kwiimveliso zokuqala: “Ndicinga ukuba iikopi zam zokuqala yayiziinguqulelo zeDigimon zabaphangi.”Ngoku uneengxowa ezingaphezu kwama-47, akazi kwaye akafuni kwazi ukuba zeziphi eziyinyani okanye ezingeyonyani kuzo.
Uninzi lwabafazi kwiAmaLadiesiforam ithenga iingxowa zomgunyathi nangona benokuthenga iingxowa zokwenyani.Zimbalwa kakhulu izivumo zabafazi abangakwaziyo ukuthenga iibhegi zokuqala.Bathanda nje izinto zabo ezizezinye kwaye uninzi lwabo lucinga ukuba ixabiso elinokubiza ngalo ibhegi yokuqala liphezulu kakhulu.Kwinqaku lakutshanje elipapashwe kwivenkile yaseMelikaIsikwe, bathethe nabanye balaba bafazi malunga nesizathu sabo sokuthenga iingxowa zomgunyathi.Iimpendulo zinokwahlulwa zibe ziintlobo ezahlukeneyo: ukuvusa inkanuko (“Imalunga nemvakalelo yokuzingela engenamsebenzi: imvakalelo yokufumana ixabiso eliphantsi”, watsho omnye owayesakuba yiarhente yezindlu owayekwazile ukuthatha umhlala-phantsi eneminyaka engama-30 ubudala, “Andifuni nto inye nje kuphela, ndifuna ukuziva ngathi ndiyithengisile”). ezoqoqosho (“Abahlobo endinabo abachitha imali eninzi kwiibhegi zokwenyani mhlawumbi abazange basebenze ubomi babo bonke okanye batshatile namadoda azizityebi, kodwa ukuba usebenza nzima ngemali yakho awufuni ukuyichitha kwizinto ezingenamsebenzi,” uyavuma omnye), kwanokuba luncedo (“Khawucinge ukuba besichitha yonke imali yethu kwiibhegi zokwenyani, besingenakuba zizityebi ngendlela efanayo, akunjalo?”, utsho owesithathu).
AmaLadiesyenye yezona zinto zingaqhelekanga kwi-intanethi ongenakukuyeka ukuzijonga: iqonga labasetyhini abanelungelo, abathi, nzulu, batyeshele imilinganiselo engqongqo yodidi lwabo lwentlalo kwaye bekwenza oko ngeqhayiya elithile.Indawo apho, ngokuthenga, abafazi bakha uthungelwano olukhuselekileyo apho bathandana khona, bavuma kwaye baxhasane.Indawo apho kufuneka kubonwe khona ukuba wonke umntu ulala ngenxa yokubonakala, nangona kungengabo bonke abantu abakwenzayo ngezizathu ezifanayo.
Ixesha lokuthumela: Juni-03-2019
